Pocasset Gymnasium · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Pocasset has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 132 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Pocasset; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (36%, 32 miles). 132 jobs are based in Pocasset for 75 working residents. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Oklahoma 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Pocasset: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 75 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 250 people are in Pocasset on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pocasset’s workforce comes from
Where Pocasset clocks in
36% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
73% of the jobs in Pocasset pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pocasset, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 132. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pocasset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Pocasset, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pocasset workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Pocasset
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pocasset: questions
What is the median household income in Pocasset?
$49,167 (±$15,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pocasset?
23.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pocasset?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pocasset work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (36%, 32 mi), Chickasha (13%, 10 mi), Blanchard (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pocasset without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pocasset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pocasset
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.